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A large-scale Israeli study has pointed to the efficacy of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at preventing symptomatic infections with coronavirus.
Clalit, the largest of Israel’s four healthcare providers, released a study that compared infections in 600,000 Israelis who had received the vaccine with 600,000 who were not immunised.
The study found a 94% drop in symptomatic infections and a 92% drop in serious cases of the disease among those vaccinated.
It said “the efficacy of the vaccine is preserved in every age group”, particularly a week after the second dose of the vaccine.
Nuns, asylum seekers and foreign workers wait in line to receive their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination centre in Tel Aviv, Israel (Ariel Schalit/AP)
Israel began its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the illness that is once again surging among its population.
The country will first immunise health workers, followed by the elderly, high-risk Israelis and those over 60 years old.
Israel says it has secured sufficient doses for much of the country’s nine million people from both Pfizer and Moderna, whose vaccine US authorities approved this week for emergency use.
With public opinion polls showing many Israelis are reluctant to receive jabs right away, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would set a “personal example” and insisted on being the first Israeli vaccinated.